This was my first time attending NEC. I wasn't able to go last year due to school obligations. This year, the timing was perfect. A lot of big names were in attendance this year. I was also able to get in a lot of casuals offline and for me, that's one of the most important things about tournaments. Being able to play people without the lag, to share...

I had the pleasure to attended Youmacon the first weekend of November. Youmacon is Detroit’s biggest Anime Convention. I also heard it was, if not, the biggest Anime Convention in the Midwest. Being that I was born and raised in the Midwest, I was surprised at the amount of people that attended. I heard over 10,000 were there the entire weekend!   I...

Aug 18, 2011

EVO2k11 took place at the RIO hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.(same as in 2009) This being my 3rd time attending EVO yet my first time as a member of DMG, I was pretty excited. Since I live in Texas I decided to make it a road trip (like I did last year.) Riding with me was Al and my friend, Jordan. We arrived that Wednesday and waited for other DMG members to show...

Jun 20, 2011

I will admit. CEO was one of the best tournaments I’ve been so far this year. It was great to see Rico, Pr Balrog, Phillip, and Inthul again. It was also to finally meet Jason and Kor who was amazing in Tekken 6. It was great to cheer him on and see a teammate take 1st. Congrats to Kor! I played a lot of casuals against some who wanted to test me and...

Jan 30, 2011

I was disappointed at the last tournament I attended. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood or maybe I was just annoyed with the way the bracket turned out. Or maybe it was that 10 minute match I had with a really turtly Bison player that tired me out. So this tournament I set a goal for myself. I wasn’t sure how many people were going but I was set on making...